Chapter 51. Hallucinogen-Related Disorders
American Psychiatric Publishing eBooks May 5, 2014 Robert N. Pechnick, Kathryn A. Cunningham, Itai Danovitch
The hallucinogens are a class of psychoactive drugs, either synthetic or plant products, that produce auditory and/or visual hallucinations as well as thought, mood, and perceptual changes. Depending on dosage, expectation (set), and environment (setting), they also can induce euphoria and a state similar to a transcendental experience. These hallucinations can be present as part of a delirium...